Dear Zita,

 

             Thank you, my dear friend and ENCOURAGER..

             The GIFT of MUSIC is indeed one of the things that separates us, humans from other living creatures.

              I would tell you though that ROSIE my rottie has exhibited a sensitivity to MUSIC, that I thought belongs only to us humans.  When I blare my soulful Christian music or frolicksome Philippine dance music while I am running them at the Ramona Airport entry road, she synchronizes her movement accordingly with the tempo at hand.  When I get off the van to join her dancing on the road, she gets so excited she rhythmically humps me.  She is spayed.  Could it be that the music excites her to some emotions we think only humans own?

              I have video footages of the turtles and fish in our aquarium, seemingly dancing to the music I play while worshiping our CREATOR.  They seem to have better rhythm than some people I know.

              I have a video footage of a labrador wagging his tail rhytmically with a CHINESE parade music during a Chinese New Year celebration in downtown San Diego.  When the music stopped, its tail halted.

              Did not they say some animals have a 6th sense of perception?  For example, did not the animals seem to have perceived the impending TIDAL wave  a few years ago in Thailand hence was spared the tragic death the humans were not?

              MUSIC is a gift from our CREATOR indeed.  It is a means used by the LORD to speak to our 6th and most important sense, our SOULS.

              King DAVID in the Old Testament used music and dance to worship, honor and praise our CREATOR with instrument and poetry sung in harmonious movement of the gift of the human body.  There is something about the gift of MUSIC that titillates our body, mind and heart to harmonize with manmade instrument in gratitude and celebration of life and its CREATOR, the MASTER of LIFE HIMSELF.

              When ROSIE, my rottie, jumps up to me to what a seeming desire to be intertwined with me, her master,  I cannot help but see the innate desire in each of the human heart, to be one with its MASTER MAKER, transcending the physical senses.

              MUSIC is created by the CREATOR to communicate to the human soul. (seal of approval from JESUS through my computer screensaver again..."JESUS LOVES YOU"  Is this not musical synchronization of GOD's affirmation through the rhythmic timing of technology?)

              Thank you, Zita for this reminder of one of the GREATEST EVIDENCE and TESTIMONY that our CREATOR is a GOD of ORDER, TEMPO and BEAT that uplifts the HUMAN SPIRIT to the GOD of our BODY, HEART and SOUL, at HIS melodious timing, rhythm and symphony.

              Indeed, we all tend to be drawn daily to the follies and noises and humdrum of life, rather than the precious violinist and GOD's still small voice, in the harmony of HIS BLESSINGS.  The cry of a newborn life.

The faithfulness of the universal clock of time in the daily rising and setting of the sun.  The rhythmic functioning of all the systems in the human body and its habitat.  The touch of a loved one.  The daily bread.  The daily hedge around our heart that give us victory of the soul over the enemy.

               "JESUS LOVES YOU"...again...my screensaver insists to speak for my ULTIMATE CONDUCTOR of the ORCHESTRA of LIFE.

                I love you too, LORD JESUS.  Thank you for the GIFT of MUSIC.

 

                                                               I CHRONICLES 13

 

                

 

P.S.  Thank you, too, LORD JESUS for my ENCOURAGER friends like ZITA, and the creator of this reminder, who has ears that hear and eyes that see through the smog of daily grind and wake me up to the aroma, sights and sounds of your daily gifts...

THE VIOLINIST

A man sat at a subway station in Washington DC and started to play the

violin. It was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about

45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated

that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their

way to work.

 

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician

playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried

up to meet his schedule.

 

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: A woman threw

the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

 

A few minutes after that, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him,

but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was

late for something.

 

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tugged

him along but the kid stopped to look at the violinist and listen anyway.

Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his

head all the time to look back. This action was repeated by several other

children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

 

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for

a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.

He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one

noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

 

No one knew this but the musician was, Joshua Bell, one of the foremost

violinists in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever

written... with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

 

Two days before playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in

Boston and the ticket prices averaged $100 each.

 

Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the subway, was organized by the

Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and

people's priorities. The outlines were this: In a commonplace environment

at an inappropriate hour, do we even perceive beauty? Do we stop to

appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

 

One of the possible conclusions from this experiment could be this: If we

do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the

world, playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we

missing?
--

Josh Billings  - "Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."